Governor Evers’ proposed budget takes steps to expand access to care, prioritizes maternal and infant health, boosts funding for health care providers, and expands the scope of services that Medicaid will pay for.
Medicaid provides health care coverage
for more than 1 million children and
adults in Wisconsin, including people
with very low incomes.
Kids Forward urges state legislators to act quickly to protect access to basic reproductive health care in our state.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 24, 2022CONTACT: William Parke-Sutherland, Health Policy Analyst wparkesutherland@kidsforward.org, 608.285.2314 Download as pdf The following is a response by Michele Mackey, Kids Forward’s Chief Executive Officer, regarding today’s Supreme Court ruling. Today’s extreme Supreme...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 23, 2022CONTACT: William Parke-Sutherland, Health Policy Analyst wparkesutherland@kidsforward.org, 608-720-9405 Download as PDF Thirty-four Wisconsin organizations sent Governor Evers a letter...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDate: March 7, 2022 CONTACT:Genevieve Caffrey, UW-Madisongcaffrey@wisc.edu Erica Nelson, Kids ForwardENelson@kidsforward.org Ann McCullough, Youth Justice Wisconsinyouthjusticewi@gmail.com Download as pdf A new report shows that fines and fees within the youth justice system do not offset the cost of youth...
Republican state legislators have proposed two bills they claim will strengthen Wisconsin’s workforce, but taking away health care from Wisconsinites struggling to get by will make our state sicker not stronger. These changes will create more barriers that make it harder and more complicated for...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:February 9, 2022 CONTACT:Erica Nelson, Kids Forwardenelson@kidsforward.org | 608-285-2314 Ann McCullough, Youth Justice Wisconsinyouthjusticewi@gmail.com | 608-285-2314 Download as PDF “COVID-19 and Youth Justice in Wisconsin: What Are We Learning?”[1] shows how the youth justice system may be changing for the...
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In the year since we published “The Impact of COVID-19 on Youth Justice in Wisconsin: What Does It Tell Us About the Future?,” a variety of articles and reports have been released affirming the findings and recommendations presented in that 2021 report. The publications frame the pandemic as a way to examine factors related to racial...
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